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Parution : Portraying the Aztec Past : the Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin

Portraying the Aztec Past

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Résumé de l’éditeur

During the period of Aztec expansion and empire (ca. 1325–1525), scribes of high social standing used a pictographic writing system to paint hundreds of manuscripts detailing myriad aspects of life, including historical, calendric, and religious information. Following the Spanish conquest, native and mestizo tlacuiloque (artist-scribes) of the sixteenth century continued to use pre-Hispanic pictorial writing systems to record information about native culture. Three of these manuscripts—Codex Boturini, Codex Azcatitlan, and Codex Aubin—document the origin and migration of the Mexica people, one of several indigenous groups often collectively referred to as “Aztec.”

In Portraying the Aztec Past, Angela Herren Rajagopalan offers a thorough study of these closely linked manuscripts, articulating their narrative and formal connections and examining differences in format, style, and communicative strategies. Through analyses that focus on the materials, stylistic traits, facture, and narrative qualities of the codices, she places these annals in their historical and social contexts. Her work adds to our understanding of the production and function of these manuscripts and explores how Mexica identity is presented and framed after the conquest.

Sommaire

  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • A Note on Spelling and Translations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Portraying the Aztec Past
  • Chapter 2. Codex Boturini: A Pictographic Paradigm
  • Chapter 3. Master and Apprentice: The Multiple Artistic Hands in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Chapter 4. Don Martín Ecatzin: Codex Azcatitlan’s Cosmic Hero
  • Chapter 5. Traitors, Intrigue, and the Cosmic Cycle in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Chapter 6. Codex Aubin and the Influence of Printed Books
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: Central Mexican Manuscript Painting in Transition
  • Epilogue. Life after Production
  • Appendix 1. Translation of the Nahuatl Glosses in Codex Azcatitlan
  • Appendix 2. Translation of the Nahuatl Text in Codex Aubin
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Informations pratiques

  • Éditeur : Austin : University of Texas Press
  • Date de parution : 2019
  • Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-198 p., 7 pl. hors texte) : ill. ; 29 cm.
  • Note : Notes bibliogr., p. [165]-178, bibliogr. p. [179]-185 et index p. [187]-198
  • ISBN 9781477316061 (rel). – ISBN 147731606X (rel). – ISBN 9781477316078 (br). – ISBN 1477316078 (br)

Localisations

  • PARIS-BnF : Richelieu – Manuscrits – magasin : 4-IMPR OR-9417
  • MADRID-Casa de Velázquez
  • PARIS-Médiathèque MQB

OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Olivier Jacquot (19 janvier 2020). Parution : Portraying the Aztec Past : the Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin. Amoxcalli. Consulté le 18 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/b2bd


Olivier Jacquot

Chargé de collections : manuscrits des fonds américains, Service des manuscrits ORientaux (SOR), département des Manuscrits (MSS), Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)

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